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Record SL-487475 · Wikidata Q2530284

Mount Circeo

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Elevation
541 m
1,775 ft
Prominence
541 m
Isolation
Coordinates
41.2379° N, 13.0459° E
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Mount Circeo
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Description

Wikipedia

Monte Circeo or Cape Circeo (Italian: Promontorio del Circeo [promonˈtɔːrjo del tʃirˈtʃɛːo], Latin: Mons Circeius) is a mountain promontory that marks the southwestern limit of the former Pontine Marshes, located on the southwest coast of Italy near San Felice Circeo. At the northern end of the Gulf of Gaeta, it is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long by 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) wide at the base, running from east to west and surrounded by the sea on all sides except the north. The land to the northeast is the former ancient Pontine Marshes. Most of the ancient swamp has been reclaimed for agriculture and urban areas. The mountain, the coastal zone as far north as Latina, including the only remaining remnant of the swamp, and two of the Pontine Islands offshore, Zannone and Ponza, have been included in the Circeo National Park.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Picco d’Istria 418 m NW 306° 0.6 km
Monte Circello 448 m SE 114° 2.1 km